Map Of Africa Showing Climatic Regions
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Map of africa showing climatic regions. It receives rainfall throughout the year. The climate of africa is a range of climates such as the equatorial climate the tropical wet and dry climate the tropical monsoon climate the semi desert climate semi arid the desert climate hyper arid and arid and the subtropical highland climate. The plains are well forested and also have the african mangroves along with the. About 16 inches per year.
Desert 18 36 n s of the equator sub tropical hp zone west coast and continental effect cold canary current and cold benguela current. Portions of this site are based on the cia world fact book a public domain work. Temperate climates are rare across the continent except at very high elevations and along the fringes. Africa asia europe middle east north america oceania south america.
Another common approach divides africa by using features such as landforms climatic regions or vegetation types. This climate subregion does receive precipitation just not very much. In fact the climate of africa is more variable by rainfall. The country showcases most of the africa s climatic regions and is often called mini africa.
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The african continent has varied climatic zones because it is almost entirely between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn so that its climates and associated vegetation generally belong to the intertropical types. Refer to the map below figure 1 a showing africas climate regions and the climate graphs that match many of the climatic regions figures b k. Climatic regions of africa africa has the following climatic regions. North america satellite map.
The desert areas cover immense stretches especially to the north of the equator. Satellite image of africa showing the ecological break that defines the sub saharan area. Winters are mild to cold and some semiarid locations can produce snow. Physical map of cameroon showing rivers lakes elevations and other topographic features.
The country has deserts plains rain forests mountains hills and ocean coastlines. List of regions of africa. Equatorial climate equatorial climate is described as hot and wet it occurs between 5 0 n 5 0 s of the equator. Also know about seasons in india and characteristics of rainfall in india.
Un united nations. The climate is found in the interior of continents or in a zone around deserts. Nubia lower nubia the sahara desert is the massive but largely empty region in north africa that contains the world s. Jump to navigation jump to search this article needs additional citations for verification.
Among the different types of climate zones we find. A map of africa showing the ecological break around the sahara desert. Climatic regions of africa this unit is about the different climatic regions in africa.